Learner Feedback for Language Growth

Karen Nickel is a world language education consultant and an adjunct instructor in education at Concordia College (Moorhead, MN). She holds degrees from Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, MN / Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Germany) and Hamline University (St Paul, MN). IDI(R) certified with 35+ years' teaching experience, she is an advocate for equitable grading. Sarah Strauss is Nationally Board Certified; she currently teaches Spanish at Minnetonka High School and Normandale Community College (MN). Her academic journey includes degrees from UW-Eau Claire, Middlebury College (VT), and UNM-Albuquerque. With 20 years of classroom experience and IDI(R) qualification, her work as an education consultant intersects language growth and intercultural competence. Megan Budke is the Immersion, Indigenous, and World Language Coordinator for St. Paul Public Schools in Minnesota. She holds degrees from North Dakota State University and St. Mary's University of Minnesota (Minneapolis). A former middle school Spanish teacher, her work centers around curriculum design, assessment, and supporting less commonly taught languages.